I am doing a Tow Mater cake for my nephews b-day and i have got most of the details for Mater except i am trying to figure out how to do the side view mirrors - that is the curved bar with the mirror attached. Can someone offer any suggestions??

I am thinking a few strands of florist wire painted silver or a rust color bend together.
cut out four small rectangles of gumpaste or fondant sandwich wire between to rectangles dry and paint red ,
then cut out some aluminium foil smaller than the rectangles with a small brush wet the backs of the foil and apply to fondant.
once dry curve the wire and apply to toemater ...

Its probably not quite what you're looking for but I made mine w/creme wafer cookies. I sprayed them w/the spray food coloring to get the right color. Then I stuck them on toothpicks and put into the side of the cake. I wasn't crazy about using toothpicks as I like everything on the cake to be edible. Just a suggestion anyway

For my Mater cake, I simply made chocolate transfer mirrors that I stuck a couple of toothpicks in before they dried to hook into the cake, and then after they dried I made the X on them. I hope that helps!

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